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Mitch Evans earns first Formula E victory for Panasonic Jaguar Racing

Panasonic Jaguar Racing’s Mitch Evans claims an emotional first victory in Rome with DS Techeetah’s Andre Lotterer in second and HWA Racelab’s Stoffel Vandoorne bringing home both his and the team’s first podium finish in the ABB FIA Formula E Championship.

Evans stalked the back of Lotterer’s car in the opening phase of the race, with the DS TECHEETAH driver unable to pull a gap. With both teams and drivers evenly-matched on pace, it became a tactical battle about when to deploy ATTACK MODE.

It was Evans who blinked first – activating ATTACK MODE just after the halfway mark. Despite losing some time moving off the racing line, Evans stayed ahead of Stoffel Vandoorne in third and quickly roped Lotterer back in.

Lotterer chose not to mirror Evans and ran an alternate strategy, holding off on using the higher power mode and keeping the Jaguar behind – intending to reap the rewards later in the race and using track position to his advantage.

However, Evans had other ideas and made a lunge with only seconds to spare with ATTACK MODE running out. Staying in his slipstream with the shining LED lights on the halo, Evans squeezed by Lotterer with a bold move up the inside of Turn 11.

With the lead changing hands, Lotterer used ATTACK MODE twice on the bounce in a bid to counteract the advance of Evans. But despite his best efforts, he couldn’t get close enough and had to once again settle for second place.

Managing and closely monitoring his energy to the chequered flag, Evans punched the air as he crossed the finish-line – adding to the list of consecutive different winners so far this season and taking the tally to seven.

Vandoorne hung on to the coat-tails of the top-two and rounded-out the podium places, before coming to a halt on the cool down lap. The result marks the first podium for the Belgian in his rookie season and the first for HWA RACELAB in Formula E.

Robin Frijns progressed through the field to fourth ahead of Sebastien Buemi – who picked-up an extra point for fastest lap – with his Nissan e.dams team-mate Oliver Rowland a place further back, in front of Lucas di Grassi in seventh.

Four points for Jerome D’Ambrosio in eighth was enough to vault him above Antonio Felix da Costa, returning to the top of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship standings with the top-nine drivers covered by a mere 13 points.

Reigning champion Jean-Eric Vergne couldn’t replicate his form from Sanya, failing to score points after being caught-up in the first lap melee with Jose Maria Lopez and Gary Paffett that eventually brought out the red flag. Vergne was later penalised for overtaking Da Costa under Full Course Yellow – dropping him further down the order.

The ABB FIA Formula E Championship now heads to Paris for the second instalment of the voestalpine European races on April 27.

Race results
1Mitch EvansPanasonic Jaguar Racing1:33:51.140s(25)
2Andre LottererDS TECHEETAH+0.979s(21)
3Stoffel VandoorneHWA RACELAB+6.399s(15)
4Robin FrijnsEnvision Virgin Racing+9.181s(12)
5Sebastien BuemiNissan e.dams+9.778s(11)
6Oliver RowlandNissan e.dams+11.262s(8)
7Lucas di GrassiAudi Sport ABT Schaeffler+24.340s(6)
8Jerome D’AmbrosioMAHINDRA RACING+28.633s(4)
9Antonio Felix da CostaBMW i Andretti Motorsport+30.651s(2)
10Pascal WehrleinMAHINDRA RACING+30.735s(1)
11Sam BirdEnvision Virgin Racing+32.272s
12Alex LynnPanasonic Jaguar Racing+42.238s
13Oliver TurveyNIO Formula E Team+48.616s
14Jean-Eric VergneDS TECHEETAH+49.732s
15Tom DillmannNIO Formula E Team+52.253s
16Jose Maria LopezGEOX DRAGON+1:10.373s
17Alexander SimsBMW i Andretti Motorsport+1:11.373s
18Daniel AbtAudi Sport ABT Schaeffler1 Lap
19Maximilian GuntherGEOX DRAGON1 Lap
DNFFelipe MassaVENTURI Formula E Team11 Laps
DNFEdoardo MortaraVENTURI Formula E Team8 Laps
DNFGary PaffettHWA RACELAB

 

Driver standings
Jerome D’AmbrosioMAHINDRA RACING65
Antonio Felix da CostaBMW i Andretti Motorsport64
Andre LottererDS TECHEETAH62
Mitch EvansPanasonic Jaguar Racing61
Lucas di GrassiAudi Sport ABT Schaeffler58
Robin FrijnsEnvision Virgin Racing55
Jean-Eric VergneDS TECHEETAH54
Sam BirdEnvision Virgin Racing54
Edoardo MortaraVENTURI Formula E Team52
Daniel AbtAudi Sport ABT Schaeffler44
Pascal WehrleinMAHINDRA RACING37
Oliver RowlandNissan e.dams35
Sebastien BuemiNissan e.dams30
Stoffel VandoorneHWA RACELAB18
Alexander SimsBMW i Andretti Motorsport18
Felipe MassaVENTURI Formula E Team15
Oliver TurveyNIO Formula E Team6
Gary PaffettHWA RACELAB4
Jose Maria LopezGEOX DRAGON2
Nelson Piquet Jr.Panasonic Jaguar Racing1
Tom DillmannNIO Formula E Team0
Maximilian GuntherGEOX DRAGON0
Alex LynnPanasonic Jaguar Racing0
Felipe NasrGEOX DRAGON0
Felix RosenqvistMAHINDRA RACING0

 

Team standings
DS TECHEETAH116
Envision Virgin Racing109
MAHINDRA RACING102
Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler102
BMW i Andretti Motorsport82
VENTURI Formula E Team67
Nissan e.dams65
Panasonic Jaguar Racing62
HWA RACELAB22
NIO Formula E Team6
GEOX DRAGON2

 

Apr 14, 2019Blagojce Krivevski
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April 14, 2019 Electric Car Newsformula e, Mitch Evans, Rome e-Prix, Rome ePrix
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